In Effective C#, Third Edition, respected .NET expert Bill Wagner identifies 50 ways to harness the full power of the C# 6.0 language to write exceptionally robust, efficient, and well-performing code. Reflecting the growing sophistication of the C# language and its development community, Wagner has identified dozens of new ways to write better code. This edition's new solutions include some that take advantage of generics and several that are more focused on LINQ, as well as a full chapter of advanced best practices for working with exceptions. This book is part of the Content Update Program (CUP). All purchasers receive a free web edition of the book that will be updated to match updates to C# as they occur.

Phillip C. Wankat discusses batch distillation, an important part of the production of seasonal, or low capacity and high-purity chemicals and is a very frequent separation process in the pharmaceutical industry.

Web architects Luke Welling and Laura Thomson provide a quick overview of PHP syntax and language constructs by working through lots of real-world examples taken from their experiences building real websites.